These just bring into play the knowledge and abilities of future generations of the time travellers.
Xu Qin first prepared to mine mineral salt.
In ancient times, table salt was a scarce commodity, and the imperial court controlled its purchase and sales.
In fact, private salt is rampant.
Use the production of refined salt to raise funds. This thing makes money too fast!
When Zhu Di heard what he wanted, he immediately agreed.
I'm just a little worried, can Xu Qin do it?
But if you don’t give it a try, who knows if it will work?
Anyway, it doesn't cost the court any money, just treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor.
The Salt Law of the Ming Dynasty inherited the salt administration system of the Song and Yuan dynasties and established a unified Zaohu (salt household) system and a salt transportation monopoly system.
Salt transportation yamen in various places organize and manage salt production.
All the salt produced by the kitchen households was purchased by the imperial court and purchased and sold uniformly.
Part of the salt collected by the imperial court was transported to various states and counties through the household registration salt law, where it was distributed and sold according to household registration, and rice was collected based on household registration.
This is the current official salt transportation and trading system of the Ming Dynasty.
Another part of the salt can be independently operated by local yamen through the Kaizhong method.
They exchanged salt for grain, horses and other supplies with merchants at home and abroad, and then used caravans to transport grain, grass and other supplies to border towns, and the government reimbursed them with salt.
They sent out factories to collect salt and transported and sold it in designated areas on their own.
The method of opening up China's salt industry in the Ming Dynasty was the 'trade system' implemented during the Hongwu period.
It is mainly an emergency measure to solve the problem of insufficient water transportation capacity during the water transportation period and the shortage of transportation capacity for the south-to-north grain diversion.
The Salt Service Company established by Xu Qin mainly mined salt mines to make salt by itself, and then sold it to the Salt Transportation Department of the imperial court.
Of course, a considerable part of it is used for commercial transactions.
He called this enterprise system 'government-supervised and privately run'.
It was a salt mine run in the name of the imperial court, but all the funds for salt production and trade were raised by themselves.
In addition to paying taxes and selling a portion of the salt to the court, the Salt Company was free to buy and sell the rest.
Of course, salt has always been big business.
The water in the Salt Channel is very deep, and various forces are vying for power. It is very complicated.
Whether it is the official yamen or the Jianghu forces, they have already carved up this market.
If Xu Qin wanted to force his way in, he could only rely on the name of His Majesty the Emperor or the Prince of the East Palace to squeeze in, reshuffle the cards, and make business.
I heard that it is the property of the Prince's Mansion, who dares not to allow it?
The key to making salt is salt making technology and technology.
This is exactly what Xu Qin cannot do.
In his previous life, the mountains in his hometown were rich in mineral salt. Both his father and brother were senior technicians in the salt factory, responsible for the production and purification of table salt.
He has been exposed to it since he was a child and even went to work in the salt mines.
The ancient methods of making salt were very clumsy, mainly mine salt and sun salt.
The yield is low and the quality is poor, commonly known as coarse salt.
This is so different from modern fine white salt that it cannot be compared.
"But..."
Zhu Gaochi was quite embarrassed after hearing the report.
"My dear brother, this salt mine can indeed produce salt, but it is poisonous salt. If you eat it, you will die."
He asked the salt transportation department and all the officials shook their heads about mining salt, thinking that independent mining was a fantasy.
Xu Qin smiled and said:
"Your Highness, please rest assured that what Weichen produces will definitely not be poisonous salt. The mountain man has his own clever plan."
In later developed societies, mineral salt is often more refined than sea salt and has fewer impurities.
After the technological process of dissolution, precipitation, filtration, evaporation and crystallization, you can make good snow salt.
Mineral salt is the purest, pollution-free and healthy salt among all salts.
Most of the fine snowflake salt used in later generations was extracted from salt mines.
Many impurities in the ore are indeed toxic, which requires purification to remove the impurities.
After hearing Xu Qin's affirmative answer, Zhu Gaochi believed it.
These days, he carefully observed this cousin and felt that it was indeed magical.
Xu Qin's way of thinking and methods are very different.
Even his teacher Yao Guangxiao believed it, he had to believe it.
Besides, it’s okay to give it a try?
"That's okay."
Zhu Gaochi nodded readily and said:
"Just go ahead and handle this matter. Just declare how much funding, staffing, etc. are needed."
The prince is a hands-off shopkeeper, so he just trusts Xu Qin.
No, just one month after the establishment of Zhan Shifu, he submitted many rationalization proposals, which won the approval of his father.
Even the queen mother praised her profusely after hearing this.
With the Crown Prince's consent, Xu Qin immediately sent people to handle the relevant matters.
The troops were divided into two groups.
All the way is to go to the Yamen of the Mineral Resources Department of the Ministry of Industry to handle the relevant registration procedures for the salt field.
The other way is to find salt mines.
He already has a target, it's in the Huai'an Prefecture area, where there are many salt mines.
Xu Qin, who had been busy all day, returned to Xu Mansion near evening.
The mansion was in a state of hustle and bustle. Many antique calligraphy and paintings, porcelain vases, sandalwood and mahogany furniture, etc. were placed everywhere in the mansion.
"what happened?"
Seeing Xu Qin's confusion, butler Xu Fu stepped forward quickly, smiled and said, cupping his hands:
"Young Master, these are sent by people from Qin Tianjian. They should be the things that Jin Yiwei took away from his house last time."
It is estimated that my aunt Xu Miaoyun asked Qin Tianjian to do it.
Only she has such enthusiasm and privilege for this kind of thing.
Alas, it is good to have someone in the court.
Xu Qin first went to Yayuan to pay his respects to his mother.
Mrs. Zhang was very happy these days and left Xu Qin to have dinner in the house.
Not to mention how happy the mother is to see that her son has a promising future.
She also asked about some situations in Zhan Shi's house, and Xu Qin patiently answered them one by one.
"Mom, what does my father say about his child becoming an official in the court?"
Xu Qin suddenly thought.
"I don't have much to say. I'm quite happy to see your father. He said that everyone has his own ambitions and you should never force yourself. He hopes that you will be self-denial and loyal to the emperor."
Xu Qin nodded after hearing this.
This is in line with Xu Huizu's current mentality.
Actually contradictory.
The education he received since childhood was to fulfill his duties and uphold orthodoxy.
His military god father taught him to be absolutely loyal to the Zhu family dynasty.
There is only a sky with red characters on top of Xu's head.
But fate likes to play tricks on people, and it was his direct brother-in-law who rebelled.
He was determined to follow the precepts of his ancestors and maintain the orthodox dynasty from beginning to end.
But he didn't stop his brother from secretly helping his brother-in-law.
Some people in later generations speculated that Xu Huizu was betting on both ends and was opportunistic.
The actual speculation makes no sense.
If he was hedging his bets, then when Zhu Di entered Nanjing, he should have knelt down and surrendered.
But he didn't. He always upheld the teachings of his ancestors.
The father is the father and the son is the son. He does not want his descendants to be buried with him.
After dinner, Xu Qin chatted with his mother Zhang for a while, and then he returned to his Meiyuan.
Returning to Meiyuan, I saw that the furnishings in the courtyard were completely new.
The living room is fully equipped with mahogany furniture, tables and chairs carved with animals and birds, and a square high-leg coffee table.
The bedroom restored the outer room and inner pavilion, separated by screens, and hanging beaded curtains at the door.
The study room is also neatly rearranged, with simple and elegant furnishings.
The sandalwood writing desk with rolled edges and corners is one of the four treasures of the study.
